Device and method for filling a container with a sterilised filling product

US11014799B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Holger Mueller · Möhrendorf, DE
• Juergen Soellner · Beratzhausen, DE
• Sebastian Baumgartner · Neutraubling, DE
• Josef Doblinger · Neutraubling, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2018
• Grant date: May 25, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67C2003/228
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for filling a container with a sterilized filling product, preferably for filling a beverage container with a sterilized beverage in a beverage bottling installation, comprising a sterilization device for sterilizing the filling product, a sterile tank for buffered receiving of the filling product sterilized in the sterilization device, and a filling device which has a filling valve for the filling of the container to be filled, wherein the filling valve is a proportional valve for controlling and/or regulating the filling-product flow of the filling product into the container to be filled, and the proportional valve is connected in a buffer-free manner to the sterile tank.